Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending September 16, 2001

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 50th week of the 2000-01 television broadcast season; most reruns are excluded from the list. Final 18-49 and viewership data are available for Monday's, Saturday's, and Sunday's programs on all networks, and Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday's programs for only UPN & WB. Due to the events of Tuesday September 11, 2001, NBC, ABC, CBS, and FOX aired wall-to-wall news programming from Tuesday through Friday (UPN & WB only did this on Tuesday) so Nielsen did not report the final ratings for any of those networks for those days. Overnight ratings were still available for those days so those are provided in the second chart along with the cumulative news viewership that Nielsen did report. Cable ratings for this week (presented in both households & total viewers) are included in charts below the broadcast ratings. Note: all broadcast viewership for this week was only available to the first decimal-place and reruns are included in the list this week.

Broadcast ratings: table is ordered by date and then network for this week only

Show	Net	Day	18-49	Viewers (millions)
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?	ABC	Mon	3.9/12	13.7
MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL	ABC	Mon	8.4/24	19.8
KING OF QUEENS	CBS	Mon	3.5/11	9.1
EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND-8:30P	CBS	Mon	4.0/11	10.2
EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND-9:00P	CBS	Mon	4.8/13	14.0
BECKER	CBS	Mon	3.6/9	11.0
FAMILY LAW	CBS	Mon	2.1/6	6.6
WEAKEST LINK	NBC	Mon	2.8/8	8.2
THIRD WATCH	NBC	Mon	2.5/6	6.7
DATELINE	NBC	Mon	3.6/10	10.6
BOSTON PUBLIC	FOX	Mon	2.5/7	5.3
ALLY MCBEAL	FOX	Mon	2.2/6	4.7
THE HUGHLEYS	UPN	Mon	1.9/6	4.1
ONE ON ONE	UPN	Mon	2.2/6	5.0
THE PARKERS	UPN	Mon	2.3/6	5.4
GIRLFRIENDS	UPN	Mon	2.4/6	5.2
7TH HEAVEN	WB	Mon	1.7/5	4.4
ANGEL	WB	Mon	0.9/2	2.1
STAR TREK: VOYAGER	UPN	Wed	1.0/3	2.3
SPECIAL UNIT 2	UPN	Wed	0.7/2	2.3
7TH HEAVEN	WB	Wed	0.9/3	2.7
GILMORE GIRLS	WB	Wed	1.4/3	2.9
WWF SMACKDOWN	UPN	Thu	2.6/7	6.1
SABRINA DOWN UNDER	WB	Thu	1.3/3	3.4
MAX KNIGHT: ULTRA SPY	UPN	Fri	0.8/3	1.9
SABRINA GOES TO ROME	WB	Fri	1.2/4	3.7
HOPE FLOATS	ABC	Sat	2.5/8	6.7
TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL-8P	CBS	Sat	1.3/4	4.9
TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL-9P	CBS	Sat	1.7/5	5.8
THE DISTRICT	CBS	Sat	2.1/6	7.4
GROWING UP BRADY	NBC	Sat	1.5/4	3.8
WALT: THE MAN BEHIND THE MYTH	ABC	Sun	2.2/6	6.2
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?	ABC	Sun	3.1/7	9.6
60 MINUTES	CBS	Sun	3.0/9	14.3
TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL	CBS	Sun	2.0/5	7.7
THE MOVING OF SOPHIA MYLES	CBS	Sun	1.8/4	6.6
LAW & ORDER-9P	NBC	Sun	3.5/8	10.3
LAW & ORDER-10P	NBC	Sun	3.4/9	3.4/9
THAT '70S SHOW	FOX	Sun	2.3/8	4.6
MRS. DOUBTFIRE	FOX	Sun	4.5/12	10.1
THE STEVE HARVEY SHOW	WB	Sun	0.9/3	2.3
WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE?	WB	Sun	1.1/3	2.9

Overnight ratings (Big 4 Networks Tuesday through Friday):

Show	Day	Net	Overnight Rating	Total Rating	Viewers (millions)
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	TUE	NBC	14.7/20	69.0	79.5
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	TUE	ABC	12.0/17
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	TUE	CBS	10.2/14
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	TUE	FOX	5.0/7
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	TUE	UPN	1.8/2
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	TUE	WB	2.2/3
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	WED	NBC	11.2/16	63.5	54.8
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	WED	ABC	9.5/14
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	WED	CBS	8.3/12
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	WED	FOX	4.5/7
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	THU	NBC	11.0/16	63.8	52.8
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	THU	ABC	10.7/16
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	THU	CBS	8.0/12
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	THU	FOX	4.2/6
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	FRI	NBC	6.8/12	N/A	N/A
ABC News	FRI	ABC	7.5/14
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	FRI	ABC	7.1/14
20/20 Special	FRI	ABC	6.6/12
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	FRI	CBS	6.4/12
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	FRI	FOX	2.4/4

Cable ratings (viewership):

Show	NET	Viewers (millions)
BUSH ADDRS/USA ATTACKED	CNN	10.598
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	10.143
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	9.867
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	9.467
EXPLOSIONS IN AFGHANISTAN	CNN	9.180
RUMSFELD PC/USA ATTACKED	CNN	9.177
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS BRF	CNN	8.662
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	8.644
ASHCROFT PC/USA ATTACKED	CNN	8.401
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	8.342
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	6.932
TALIBAN NEWS CONFERENCE	CNN	6.694
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	6.676
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	6.619
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	6.585
PREMIUM CABLE
BAND OF BROTHERS	HBO	7.271
SPACE COWBOYS	HBO	5.244
THE SOPRANOS	HBO	4.046
X-MEN	HBO	2.953
BAND OF BROTHERS	HBO	2.777

Cable ratings (households):

Show	NET	Day	HH (millions)	HH Rating
BUSH ADDRS/USA ATTACKED	CNN	Tue	6.539	6.2
EXPLOSIONS IN AFGHANISTAN	CNN	Tue	6.351	6.0
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	6.336	6.0
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	6.328	6.0
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	6.253	5.9
RUMSFELD PC/USA ATTACKED	CNN	Tue	6.115	5.8
ASHCROFT PC/USA ATTACKED	CNN	Tue	5.876	5.6
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS BRF	CNN	Tue	5.843	5.5
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	5.763	5.5
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	5.331	5.1
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	5.328	5.1
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	5.324	5.0
TALIBAN NEWS CONFERENCE	CNN	Tue	5.289	5.0
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Wed	5.277	5.0
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	5.244	5.0
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	5.085	4.8
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	4.956	4.7
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	4.904	4.6
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	4.895	4.6
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	4.818	4.6
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	4.807	4.6
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	4.797	4.5
PREMIUM CABLE
BAND OF BROTHERS	HBO	Sun	4.545	4.3
SPACE COWBOYS	HBO	-	3.323	3.1
THE SOPRANOS	HBO	Sun	2.760	2.6
BAND OF BROTHERS	HBO	Sun	2.029	1.9
X-MEN	HBO	-	2.025	1.9

Cable 18-49:

Show	Net	Day	Time	18-49 (000s)
Bush Address/USA Attacked	CNN	Tue	8:32P-8:38P	5589
Attack On America	CNN	Tue	8:00P-8:30P	5183
Attack On America	CNN	Tue	7:30P-8:00P	5051
Rumsfeld PC/USA Attacked	CNN	Tue	6:44P-6:55P	4461
Attack On America	CNN	Tue	8:38P-9:00P	4437
Explosions In Afghanistan	CNN	Tue	5:58P-6:32P	4421
Attack On America	CNN	Tue	6:35P-6:44P	4397
Congressional Leaders Brief	CNN	Tue	7:24P-7:30P	4303
Ashcroft PC/USA Attacked	CNN	Tue	7:16P-7:24P	4140
Attack On America	CNN	Tue	6:59P-7:16P	3966

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(The Los Angeles Times did not publish a viewership chart this week)

Source: Nielsen Media Research via The Hollywood Reporter, Zap2it, and Media Life Magazine